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Unit 1 Vocab

Quiz by Ethan Gharst

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  • Q1
    The right to use power.
    Recall
    Republic
    Authority
    Block Grants
    30s
  • Q2
    The ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with one's intentions.
    Power
    Referendum
    Constitutional Convention
    Soverignty
    30s
  • Q3
    A political system in which all of the citizens participate by holding office or making policy.
    Dual Federalism
    Bill of Rights
    Marxists
    Direct Democracy
    30s
  • Q4
    A political system in which leaders acquire power by means of a competitive struggle for the people's vote.
    Confederation
    Unalienable
    Referendum
    Representative Democracy
    30s
  • Q5
    Political authority, conferred by law, public opinion, or constitution.
    Democracy
    Bill of Attainder
    Unitary System
    Legitimacy
    30s
  • Q6
    A term used to describe a political system in which the people are said to rule, directly or indirectly.
    Ex Post Facto Law
    Democracy
    Elite
    Federal System
    30s
  • Q7
    An identifiable group of persons who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resource.
    Devolution
    Recall
    Separation of Powers
    Elite
    30s
  • Q8
    The appointed officials who operate government agencies from day to day.
    Bureaucrats
    Amendments
    Representative Democracy
    Initiative
    30s
  • Q9
    A theory that competition among all affected interests shapes public policy.
    Shay's Rebellion
    Pluralist
    Direct Democracy
    Condition In Aid
    30s
  • Q10
    People who believe that those who control the economic system also control the political one.
    Mandates
    Marxists
    Pluralist
    Great Compromise
    30s
  • Q11
    A state level method of direct democracy that gives voters a chance to approve or disapprove proposed legislative action.
    Referendum
    Judicial Review
    Third-order Devolution
    Articles of Confederation
    30s
  • Q12
    A meeting of delegates in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation, which produced a totally new constitution still in use today.
    Constitutional Convention
    Initiative
    Police Power
    Referendum
    30s
  • Q13
    A court order requiring that a prisoner be brought before a judge to show sufficient cause for their detention (designed to prevent illegal arrests and imprisonment).
    Writ of Habeas Corpus
    Ex Post Facto
    Direct Democracy
    Bill of Attainder
    30s
  • Q14
    A law that declares a person, without a trial, to be guilty of a crime.
    Representative Democracy
    Writ of Habeas Corpus
    Ex Post Facto
    Bill of Attainder
    30s
  • Q15
    Based on nature and Providence rather than on the preferences of people.
    Unalienable
    Legitimacy
    Power
    Authority
    30s

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